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Strong earthquake 6.9 mag, 220 km SSE of Katabu, Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.6704S, 123.4927WA earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 220 km SSE of Katabu, Indonesia (137 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000bi4p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bi4p. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 627.33 km (390 miles). Exact location of event, depth 627.33 km, 123.4927° East, -6.6704° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/20 / 2020-08-21 04:09:52 / August 21, 2020 @ 4:09 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:09:52 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 220 km SSE of Katabu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.4927° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.6704° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 627.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 220 km SSE of Katabu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-21 04:09:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-21 04:28:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 732 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.315 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000bi4p Id of event.
Event Code 6000bi4p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bi4p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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